Stocks Rally as Credit Tightness Eases in Street Markets
Stocks advanced after month end credit stringency eased with call money dropping from 9 to 7 percent. Bulls cited a technical rally after weeks of decline as leaders like J. J. Case Foster Wheeler and Westinghouse Electric rebounded. Major gains came from high priced issues while some steels and industrials slipped to new year lows.
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Stanley W. Prenosil
New York
le Market
J. J. Case
Foster Wheeler
Standard Gas & Electric
Westinghouse Electric Common
Gillette Safety Razor
Timken
American Machine & Foundry
General Electric
National Biscuit
Ludlum Steel
A. M. Byers
U.S. Steel Common
Pullman
International Harvester
American & Foreign Power
U. S. Industrial Alcohol
New York Central
Myer & Bros
Shipping Returns to Normal After Hurricanes
Shipping along the Florida peninsula regained normal activity as the hurricane moved away. Vessels including the tug Bafshe and the Sea board oil barge Tidene faced gear failure but reported no danger. Dozens of sailors were rescued from grounded ships near Nassau and Abaco, with crews reaching Jacksonville and Miami amid salvage efforts.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Bahamas
Florida Peninsula
Carolinas
Bafshe
Seaboard
Tidene
Smith’s Bluff
Texas
Tampa
Cedar Keys
Coast Guard
Garnet Hulings
Salina
Baltimore
Truxton
Clyde Line
Oneida
Boston
Chicago Wheat Opens Higher on Liverpool Strength and Export Demand
Chicago trading early showed unexpected strength in Liver pool wheat quotes and bullish official crop figures. Export business in North American wheat was rising, lifting prices with corn and oats also firm while provisions slipped.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Stock MarketWobbles as Trade Fluctuates Amid Rally
New York stocks show alternating weakness and strength with a midday rally. International Combustion hits a new low for the year at 41 after a sharp drop from the year’s high, while High priced specialties lift sentiment with gains for Case, Faster Wheel, Standard Gas & Electric, and Columbian Carbon. Call money reopens at 9 percent.
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New York
International Combustion
Case
Standard Gas & Electric
Columbian
Spot cotton prices rise in Liverpool market report
Oct 2 spot cotton in Liverpool shows higher prices with American grades leading. Good middling 11.21 and 10.81 for other categories, 8,000 bales sold including 6,600 American. Receipts 2,200 all American. Futures closed steady with Oct 10.01 and May 10.25 among others.
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Liverpool
Statue of Venus de Milo Stands Six Feet Three Inches
The Venus de Milo statue rises six feet three inches, highlighting its grand scale and classical craftsmanship.
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Venus de Milo
Coste May Have Flight Record In Quest for Vladivostok
Paris Oct 2. Captain Dieudonne Coste and mechanic Jacques Bellonte, missing five days after leaving Paris for Vladivostok, may have set a new distance record. The red Ques tion Mark was sighted over Kirensk and later near Adamova as searchers doubted their route. The 5,009 mile Paris to Irkutsk route surpassed last year’s 4,358 mile Rome to Brazil record by Delprete and Ferarrin.
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Paris
Dieudonne Coste
Jacques Bellonte
Vladivostok
Siberia
Moscow
Kirensk
Irkutsk
Adamova
Delprete 9
Ferarrin
Rome
Brazil
Gene Tunney Undergoes Minor Operation in Berlin
Former heavyweight champion Gene Tunney underwent a successful minor operation at a local sanatorium and returned to his hotel where wife Mrs. Tunney joined him. The Tunneys had spent a extended honeymoon on Brioni Island in the Adriatic and were last reported in Paris. Mrs. Tunney had been seriously ill there and operated on for appendicitis. a German specialist was sent from Berlin to care for her.
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Berlin
Gene Tunney
Champion
Hi Y Clubs at High School Elect Officers for Year
The first HI Y meetings at the high school elected senior and junior officers and named committees for the year. Senior officers are Harry Curlee president Alfred Moffitt vice president and Billy Price secretary with Edgar Allen chairman of the program committee joined by Rip Tabb and Bill Price. Advisors are Wade FE Mariette L. R. Johnston and Edgar Hartley. Junior officers are Charles Lea Amos president Al McAnally vice president Jack White secretary and Byrum Abels treasurer with Al McAnally Joe Watkins and Nolan Reid on the program. Advisors are Charles E. Spencer L. R. Johnston and W. C. King.
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Harry Curlee
Alfred Moffitt
Billy Price
Edgar Allen
Rip Tabb
Bill Price
Wade FE. Mariette
L. R. Johnston
Edgar Hartley
Charles Lea Amos
al McAnally
Jack White
Byrum Abels
Joe Watkins
Nolan Reid
Charles E. Spencer
W. C. King
Borger Mayor Held Under Martial Law After Arrest
Borger Texas under martial law as state troops and Texas Rangers govern the town. Mayor Glenn A. Pace freed on an 88000 bond after arrest for causing a state witness in a murder case to leave town. District Attorney John A. Holmes of Borger was slain in an ambush as crime conditions are investigated.
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Texas Rangers
Glenn A. Pace
Borger
Tex
Pace
J. W. Crabtree
John A. Holmes
Russians plan Seattle leg of world flight
Sitka Alaska October 2 The Russian monoplane Land of the Soviets prepared for take off toward Seattle next on its Mos cow to New York route Despite weather concerns the crew tested their motors and fueled the craft Seattle is 700 miles away The flight continues down the coast to San Francisco and then New York via Chicago An elaborate welcome awaits in Seattle Ottawa Oct 2 A Royal Canadian Mounted Police party returned after an Arctic inquest and funeral for John Hornby and two companions They were found starved in a cabin on the Thelon river northwest of Hudson Bay Graves marked with crosses and papers left by the party The books diary and notes were recovered after they followed directions to look in the stove The failure to locate caribou herds led to their starvation and death
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Sitka
Alaska
Land
Seattle
Moscow
New York
San Francisco
Chicago
Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Arctic
John Hornby
Charles Trundle
Great Slave Lake
Fort Smith
Hornby
H. E. €. Adilard
Edgar W. Christian
Thelon River
Hudson Bay
Christian
Career Romantic II 1s Varied Features Philadelphia
The son of an English merchant, Thomas E. Mitten rose from farm laborer at 21 to millionaire at 40 and industrialist at 50. He led Mitten Management, Inc., which ran the Philadelphia Rapid Transit, Inter Railway of Buffalo, and Yellow Cab of Philadelphia, and organized Mitten Bank Securities. He drowned while fishing on his Pocono estate near Milford, Pa, after his rowboat overturned. a coroner's jury cited heavy clothing as a probable factor.
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Philadelphia
Thomas E. Mitten
Mitten
Mitten Management, Inc
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Inter-Railway Company of
Buffalo
Yellow Cab Company
Mitten Bank Securities Corporation
Pocono Mountain
Milford
Delphian Society studies Giotto art in Aurora chapter
Miss Lizzie Gooch returns from a buying trip to New York City. The Aurora Chapter of the Delphian Society met at the Commercial club to study Giotto and his age. Miss Lillian Massey led with reports on Giotto's career life and times and art progress.
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New York
Lizzie Gooch
New York City
Aurora Chapter
The
Delphian Society
Commercial Club
Giotto
Lillian Massey
Lucy Eshelman
Clara Boyd
Rosa Lee Shields
Alta Chamelin
George Moser
Arena Chapel
Assissi
Collett Opens Four Stroke Lead In National Women’s Title
Glenna Collett held a four stroke lead over Maureen Orcutt after nine holes in the second round at Oakland Hills. Collett shot 38 in the front nine, four under par, with four birdies and flawless play. Orcutt struggled with pitches and drives, carding a par 41. Edith Quier led Mrs. Harley Higbie by two at the turn after finishing one under par.
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Oakland Hills Country Club
Birmingham
Mich
Glenna Collett
Maureen Orcutt
White Beeches
N. J
Oakland Hills
Collett
Miss Orcutt
Helen Hicks
Edith Quier
Reading
Harley Higbie
Detroit
Hammond Will Resign Post
Secretary Stimson announced that Ogden Hammond of New Jersey has asked to be relieved as ambassador to Spain. The resignation was disclosed from Washington on October 2.
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Washington
Stimson
Ogden Hammond
New Jersey
Spain
Rail Bridge at Alston Threatened by Rising Creek
Southern Railway officials in Spartanburg say traffic between Spartanburg and Columbia continues, but rising waters at Alston Creek threaten to wash out the bridge this afternoon, risking disruption to trains on the line.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Southern Railway
Columbia
Alston
Heaviest Whale on Record Reaches 147 Tons
The article notes whales vary from a few hundred pounds to 140 or 150 tons with the heaviest on record weighing 147 tons.
Community Sing at Vickery Church Sunday
A Sunday community sing at Vickery Church, seven miles from High Point on Rivett Drive, will raise funds for the church Sunday School. An annual event features leading singers and quartets, starting at 11 AM with a basket picnic on the grounds.
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Vickery Church
High Point
Rivett Drive
Hindenburg’s Birthday Quietly Observed at Schorcheide
Berlin reports Paul von Hindenburg spent his 82nd birthday with family at the Schorcheide hunting lodge on Werbellin Lake, 35 miles north of Berlin. His health was excellent though the recent death of his sister made the day notably subdued.
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Hindenburg
Berlin
Virginia Death Rate Rises in 1928
The U S Department of Commerce reports Virginia's death rate climbed from 1130.1 to 1173.2 per 100 000 population between 1927 and 1928. Heart disease nephritis cancer and cerebral hemorrhage led increases while tuberculosis and accidental deaths fell. Estimated 1928 population was 2 575 000 up from 2 546 000.
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Washington
Virginia
United States Department of Commerce
Wheat Marketing Corp May Lack Power This Year
Sam McKelvie, the wheat representative on the federal farm board, told the Senate agriculture committee that the marketing corporation likely cannot influence wheat prices effectively until next year.
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Washington
Sam McKelvie
Federal Farm Board
Senate Agriculture Committee
Trans-Andine Railway Tunnel Length and Elevation
The Trans-Andine Railway in South America features a tunnel five miles long and reaches 10,486 feet above sea level.
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South America
Farm Board Loans Questioned Over Grain Corp Proposal
Senator Brookhart of Iowa challenged the federal farm board’s plan to loan funds to the proposed Farmers National Grain Corporation during Senate Agricultural Committee examination of Sam R. McKelvie, representing wheat on the board.
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Washington
Federal Farm Board
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Brookhart
Iowa
Sam R. McKelvie
Nebraska
Senate Agricultural Committee
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